Front end bushes

[downhill]

Hi Beddites , has anyone done the wish bone bush replacement, top & bottom? Got the parts no problem, top pivot bolt needs more grunt probably to move it out, the bottom, bush is seized to the shaft. Any ideas I may have missed? Haven't tried heat yet and the bottom looks like drilling out the rubber, holesaw maybe? Then the bush on the shaft? Does the shaft fit thru the wishbone? The rubber turns in the wishbone with a lever thru the bolt holes, very hard, wasn't going to go far.
 Nolathane parts, including the steering disc, $173. They also have spring pads, rubber is stuffed as you'd expect, and shock bushes.

Full Beddy race spec! Any tips appreciated. When I get there I'll tell the story, the cursing, hammering and dismembering!lol!

[Gunning]

No advice or help, but I'll very interested to hear replies as I'll be attempting this soon as well

[VanWolf]

Hi guys,
When I replace my top and bottoms with Super Pro bushes, I had to get the guys from Pedders to literally burn/torch the old rubber ones out as they had seized themselves in.

[Gunning]

Could you use a press to press them out, and press new ones in? Just a thought, I realise not everyone has certain tools. I was thinking of one that super cheap has, apparently it's small though

[VanWolf]

Putting the metal bush it I positioned the arm in an steel I-beam at work and used a bottle jack and gentle tapped it and it went in.

[Gunning]

Not that hard then, but with a little bit of care

[downhill]

Thanks all replies,  here's how I got them, with the lower wishbones off, see what actually still moves. One side was seized the other, the rubber was rotating in the the shell housing. Lessen the hold by drilling out some rubber if it's a total seize, use a penetrate, I like Inox, useful for a lot of stuff, then from the inside of the wishbone I used a small metal chisel, find the metal bush & start to burr it up to get a face to push on, as it moves you will see a gap between the "dog bone" shaft end & the bush. Then I changed tools between a punch & the chisel, working around the bush, use more penetrate if it's bad & leave to dwell some time has worked ok too. Hammer it off the shaft. On one bush I started on the outside, opened it out and tried to split it some way down, once the rubber was removed, with the chisel, to relieve the grip & allow penetrate to work. Less area to push when you start from the inside. On both wishbones, one was a challenge, the other came out with its hands up! in about ten minutes! Things to watch, drills are brittle, use care when drilling rubber & don't be tempted to flex the drill bit when your deep in the rubber. Most damage can be blended out of the "dog bone" shaft, no it does not come out, it's a clever factory instal at build up. Even the Nolathane kit tells you not to remove the shell. My battery drill worked hard & ran the batteries down quickly, the rudder is a load as it keeps wanting to hold the bit. Also I found Nolathane spring pads, measure up your spring to get it right,a Type 9 they call it , will also go the shockie bushes, and looks like the shocks are shagged too!

Now the top wish bone long bolt Thur the spring tower! Crow call! Thru! My sliding door V8 has been done also it has had the support arms bushes in a Nolathane, red material, the ones that go to the chassis. I didn't do that, bought it like that. So, the Jumbo, I've tried penetrate for weeks, hammer shocks, won't budge. Frustrating coz it's holding up the job. May have to get pro help here, good idea with the bottle jack reply, have been looking at how I can set that up to push, holding pressure and heat works but I'm short on big job tooling. Last resort before that may be sledge hammer, on the ground, blocked up and slammed. So I'm doing this coz the front end I got with Jumbo had been modded years ago for an Isuzu diesel, now I have a red & trimatic that came on a front end from a nice cream van, save cutting and welding I thought of the modded front, needed to get mounts anyway. My collection is, V8 sliding door RATVAN , Vauxhall engined Auto Sleeper, British, & Jumbo, getting a red fitted.

Hope this helps those considering this job, I'll post more later, prolly should be in another section? Tech Tips?

Gotta push uphill, to get the downhill thrill!

[gazz]

We're did you get your front bushers from

[downhill]

Hi Gazz, sorry for late reply, got the Nolathane thru Repco.